NEW YORK, Aug 28: World’s top tennis stars, Roger Federer and Justine Henin, breezed over the qualifiers on Monday into the second round of the US Open while reigning Grand Slam champions Serena and Venus Williams also advanced handily.

Three-time defending champion Federer, seeking his 12th Grand Slam singles crown, opened the year's final Grand Slam event with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 victory over the 320th-ranked American Scoville Jenkins in 92 minutes.

Henin, still battling a sore shoulder, took 62 minutes to beat the 145th-ranked German Julia Goerges 6-0, 6-3. She won the first set in 24 minutes, aided by Goerges' six double faults and 15 unforced errors, and cruised to the finish.

Eighth seed Serena Williams, who won her eighth Grand Slam title in January at the Australian Open, showed some rust from a long layoff due to a thumb injury but defeated Germany's Angelique Kerber 6-3, 7-5.

The younger Williams sister had not played since a Wimbledon quarter-final loss to Henin.

The reigning Wimbledon champion Venus Williams ripped Hungarian qualifier Kira Nagy 6-2, 6-1 in 54 minutes. The 12th-seeded American, a six-time Grand Slam winner, fired a main-draw women's record 129-mph serve in the first set.

Venus Williams next plays Romania's Ioana Raluca Olaru, who ousted American Ashley Harkleroad 7-5, 1-6, 6-4. Serena Williams will next meet Italy's Maria Elena Camerin, who beat Russian Tatiana Poutchek 6-3, 7-6 (7-4).

Federer, 26, seeks his 12th Grand Slam title in pursuit of the all-time record 14 won by Pete Sampras and his fourth US Open crown in a row. Not since Bill Tilden's run from 1920 to 1925 has anyone won four consecutive US Opens.

Federer, chasing the all-time Slam record of 14 titles set by Pete Sampras, also began his 187th week in a row atop the rankings to break the record streak as world No 1 that he has shared with Steffi Graf's 1987-1991 run.

The second round foe for Federer is another qualifier, Paul Capdeville. The Chilean outlasted Germany's Rainer Schuettler 5-7, 6-3, 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 6-3.

Henin, seeking a seventh Slam title after taking her fourth French Open title in June, next plays Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria who defeated Olga Poutchkova of Russia 6-3, 6-4.

Britain's Andy Murray, who missed Wimbledon and the French Open, made a triumphant Grand Slam return from a wrist injury by defeating Uruguay's Pablo Cuevas 6-2, 6-3, 6-0.

The 19th-seeded Scotsman fired six aces and 37 winners against four double faults and 35 unforced errors to win after one hour and 43 minutes, booking a second-round date against Sweden's Jonas Bjorkman.

Russian fourth seed Nikolay Davydenko and Serbian third seed Jelena Jankovic, both 2006 US Open semi-finalists, advanced in straight sets, as did Serbian fifth seed and French Open runner-up Ana Ivanovic.

Jankovic, 22, was nagged by a damaged left shoe in the second set but won her women's best 68th match of the year. Despite needing seven match points she finally subdued Slovakian Jarmila Gajdosova 6-2, 7-6 (7-2) after 80 minutes.

Davydenko, 26, defeated Jesse Levine 6-4, 6-0, 6-1, taking full advantage of eight double faults and 47 unforced errors by the US wild card, while Ivanovic, 19, ousted Japan's Aiko Nakamura 6-1, 6-1 in 62 minutes.

Cypriot 18th seed Marcos Baghdatis was the top-ranked player to lose on day one, losing to Max Mirnyi of Belarus 6-3, 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (8-6). Spanish 21st seed Juan Carlos Ferrero lost to countryman Feliciano Lopez 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.

Monday’s results (prefix number denotes seeding):

Men’s singles:

First round: 14-Guillermo Canas (Argentina) beat Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (Spain) 6-3, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3; Luis Horna (Peru) beat Peter Luczak (Australia) 7-6 (7-4), 6-3, 7-6 (8-6); Fernando Verdasco (Spain) beat 22-Paul-Henri Mathieu (France) 3-6, 1-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3; Lee Hyung-Taik (South Korea) beat Dominik Hrbaty (Slovakia) 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 7-5, 6-7 (6-8), 6-4; 28-Nicolas Almagro (Spain) beat Alex Kuznetsov (US) 6-4, 6-0, 7-6 (7-4); Nicolas Kiefer (Germany) beat Vince Spadea (US) 6-2, 7-6 (7-1), 6-3; John Isner (US) beat 26-Jarkko Nieminen (Finland) 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-5), 6-4; Paul Capdeville (Chile) beat Rainer Schuettler (Germany) 5-7, 6-3, 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 6-3; Gilles Simon (France) beat Alexander Waske (Germany) 6-4, 6-1 – Waske retired; 10-Tommy Haas (Germany) beat Steve Darcis (Belgium) 6-7 (5-7), 7-5, 6-3, 6-4; Jonas Bjorkman (Sweden) beat Juan Pablo Guzman (Argentina) 6-3, 7-6 (7-4), 6-2; Philipp Petzschner (Germany) beat Benjamin Becker (Germany) 2-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-1; 1-Roger Federer (Switzerland) beat Scoville Jenkins (US) 6-3, 6-2, 6-4; Sebastien Grosjean (France) beat Paul Goldstein (US) 6-1, 4-1 – Goldstein retired; Simone Bolelli (Italy) beat Julien Benneteau (France) 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1; 9-Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) beat Marc Gicquel (France) 6-3, 7-6 (7-0), 6-2; Max Mirnyi (Belarus) beat 18-Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus) 6-3, 7-5, 3-6 7-6 (8-6); 13-Richard

Gasquet (France) beat Sergio Roitman

(Argentina) 7-5, 6-1, 6-2; Rik De Voest (South Africa) beat Thierry Ascione (France) 6-2, 3-0 – Ascione retired; Donald Young (US) beat Chris Guccione (Australia) 6-7 (2-7), 6-3, 6-2, 6-3; Igor Andreev (Russia) beat Robert Kendrick (US) 7-6 (7-4), 6-3, 6-4; Feliciano Lopez (Spain) beat 21-Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spain) 6-3, 6-4, 6-4; 4-Nikolay Davydenko (Russia) beat Jesse Levine (US) 6-4, 6-0, 6-1.

Women’s singles:

First round: 8-Serena Williams (US) beat Angelique Kerber (Germany) 6-3, 7-5; Ahsha Rolle (US) beat 17-Tatiana Golovin (France) 6-4, 1-6, 6-2; 12-Venus Williams (US) beat Kyra Nagy (Hungary) 6-2, 6-1; 21-Alona Bondarenko (Ukraine) beat Gisela Dulko (Argentina) 6-4, 6-3; Raluca Olaru (Romania) beat Ashley Harkleroad (US) 7-5, 1-6, 6-4; Maria Elena Camerin (Italy) beat Tatiana Poutchek (Belarus) 6-3, 7-6 (7-4); 5-Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) beat Aiko Nakamura (Japan) 6-1, 6-1; 14-Elena Dementieva (Russia) beat Stephanie Cohen-Aloro (France) 6-4, 6-3; Petra Cetkovska (Czech Republic) beat Jill Craybas (US) 6-0, 7-6 (7-4); Meghann Shaughnessy (US) beat Vania King (US) 6-3, 5-7, 6-4; Karin Knapp (Italy) beat Chan Yung-Jan (Taiwan) 6-2, 6-0; Ekaterina Bychkova (Russia) beat Yan Zi (China) 6-2, 6-4; Vera Dushevina (Russia)

beat 25-Mara Santangelo (Italy) 6-2, 6-4; Eleni Daniilidou (Greece) beat Yvonne Meusburger (Austria) 6-2, 6-4; Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) beat Tzipora Obziler (Israel) 4-6, 6-2, 7-5; Aravane Rezai (France) beat Jorgelina Cravero (Argentina) 6-3, 7-5; 19-Sybille Bammer (Austria) beat Tamarine Tanasugarn (Thailand) 6-4, 6-4; Alize Cornet (France) beat 29-Samantha Stosur (Australia) 6-3, 6-2; Tsvetana Pironkova (Bulgaria) beat Olga Poutchkova (Russia) 6-3, 6-4; Andrea Petkovic (Germany) beat Audra Cohen (US) 6-4, 6-1; 20-Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic) beat Jessica Moore (Australia) 6-3, 6-2; 1-Justine Henin (Belgium) beat Julia Goerges (Germany) 6-0, 6-3; 10-Marion Bartoli (France) beat Alexa Glatch (US) 6-1, 6-1; Sara Errani (Italy) beat Renata Voracova (Czech Republic) 7-5, 6-3; 27-Vera Zvonareva (Russia) beat Alina Jidkova (Russia) 6-0, 6-7 (5-7), 6-0; Kateryna Bondarenko (Ukraine) beat Virginia Ruano (Spain) 6-3, 7-6 (7-4); 3-Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) beat Jarmila Gajdosova (Slovakia) 6-2, 7-6 (7-2); Olga Govortsova (Belarus) beat Sofia Arvidsson (Sweden) 6-3, 2-6, 6-3; Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) beat Julia Schruff (Germany) 6-1, 0-6, 6-2; Elena Likhovtseva (Russia) beat Lauren Albanese (US) 6-0, 6-2; 15-Dinara Safina (Russia) beat Catalina Castano (Colombia) 6-2, 6-3; 28-Ai Sugiyama (Japan) beat Andreja Klepac (Slovenia) 6-3, 6-1.—Agencies